Quiana Grant | |
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Born | 1982 Newport News, Virginia, USA |
Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m) |
Hair color | Naturally Black |
Eye color | Black |
Measurements | 33-24-33 (US); 84-61-84 (EU) |
Dress size | 34 (EU), 4 (US) |
Quiana Grant is an American model who appeared in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[1] She was featured in a bodypainting layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist Joanne Gair who is in her tenth year of producing bodypaint art for the Swimsuit Issue.[2] She was part of a record-setting class of seven rookie Swimsuit Issue models along with Jessica Gomes, Melissa Haro, Yasmin Brunet, Melissa Baker, Jeisa Chiminazzo and Jarah Mariano.
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Grant attended Menchville High School and graduated in 1999.[3] She now lives Harlem in New York, New York, but she considers Newport News, Virginia to be her hometown.[4] Although Quiana was highly sought after for modeling at age 14, she stayed in school until age 16. At age 16, while her mother underwent a series of eye surgeries, she served as her mother's eyes.[5] Her mother had Chorioretinitis and could not even recognize Quiana until she was 13.[4] Her parents are Tony and Regina Grant,[6] and she has a younger brother.[4]
Quiana was twenty-six years old with over ten years of modeling experience at the time of the release of her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[6] She has modelled for GAP (photos by Steven Meisel)[5] and Maybelline ad campaigns as well as done runway work for numerous leading fashion houses and designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Kors, Anne Klein and Bill Blass.[5][7] She is represented by IMG in New York, Modelwerk in Germany, City Models in Paris, France as well as Vision Model Management.[7]